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<p dir="auto">On 6 May 2021, at 19:04, Antonio Leding wrote:</p>
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<p dir="auto">Hell MM crew - a few questions WRT rule operations:</p>
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<li>If there are rules in multiple places that would apply to a given message, is there a defined order of operation?</li>
<li>For example, let’s say I have rules on a given Inbox and then a Smartbox that draws from that same Inbox also has rules, which get exec’d first?</li>
<li>Or are these possibly exec’d concurrently?</li>
<li>I doubt this is concurrent but still need to ask.</li>
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<p dir="auto">There's no guaranteed order of events here. It does not happen concurrently.</p>
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<li>Are rules only executed when a message goes into a given mailbox or also when any change is made to its messages?</li>
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<p dir="auto">Only when it goes into it. This means that if you need something to happen based on dates then you need to create a smart mailbox with conditions instead of a rule with conditions in order to trigger a time based event. The rule can then be without conditions.</p>
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<li>My experience is the former but I have read a few threads where folks have said rules are also executed when a change is made to a message provided there are rules on the mailbox where the message resides.</li>
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<p dir="auto">Changes can trigger rules as long as those changes trigger a message to become part of a mailbox in which it wasn't part of before. That'll trigger the rules of that mailbox.</p>
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<li>What happens if one has either the same or different rulesets on multiple MM instances running at the same time?</li>
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<p dir="auto">If a rule moves the emails then you can end up with duplicates in the destination mailbox.</p>
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<li>Does MM have a facility to determine which instance might be the chief and the others miniai (yes, a humorous - albeit poor - attempt at the plural of minion)?</li>
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<p dir="auto">No.</p>
<p dir="auto">--<br>
Benny</p>
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